I was talking to someone, and they questioned that the ITR was made on the same assembly line as the NSX, and that the engines were hand made.

Where on the net is this info that I could show them?

Thanks

 

Actually the motors used to be hand ported and polished...but now the machines do it. They say they do it better than by hand.

 

Cool link! I can't wait to get to work so I can read the whole thing.

I though in the ITR brochure or on the acura website about the ITR, it said something like "true race cars have hand built engines" or something like that...

 

to my knowledge only the S2000 is made in the same plant as the NSX........ perhaps the new R is made their too????

 

JDM DC2 ITR engines were always hand-assembled...I had pictures of their assemby line...

 

The integra is made in the suzuka factory. The NSX and S2000 is made in the tochigi factory.

 

The Insight is made in the same factory as the NSX and S2000.

 

The NS-X used to be made in the Suzuka, Mie factory as well. I was ther about ten years ago and saw one of the first NS-X Type R's ever built

 

That's classic. Good man. Work (work/school in my case) is the time we use to further our knowledge about our cars. The work will eventually get done...

 

You're one lucky fugging bastages! I hate you!

 

It was pretty nice but I had to see from behind a fence and I couldn't get a good look at it...just the rear tails...my friend, who worked for Honda said that they had a prototype turbo NS-X call the NS-X Type RR, but it never made production.


[Modified by MiraiZ, 1:57 PM 10/5/2001]

 

Well in few months the new NSX and new R verisons which I think should come out first qtr of next yr.*probably in time for TAS* should be rolling off the lines soon.

I believe that last yr the B18C was hand polished was in 96. They do them now with machines as ncr are more actcurate.

 

hmm...nobody will really be able to see the new NTR's, they're will be only 487 made..all collectors items!

 

Damn I bet the people there that can afford them probably got them all sold preordered or almost all them if theres not that many coming out.

 

Remember when Nissan came out with their so-called "CTR Killer"? It was a Nissan Pulsar 3 dr hatch that had a 1.6L NA engine that produced 200ps. Only 200 of those were made and were all sold to professional race teams and drivers on pre-order. Nobody in the general public got one.


[Modified by MiraiZ, 3:33 PM 10/5/2001]

 

Yeah I remember the Pulsars. Nissan also have the Sunny GTR I believe it was called with turbo engine pushing out some good #'s but they tended to loose power with there top mounted intercoolers. Where the Sunny or the Pulsars awd cars? I can't remeber I use to have UK book that listed it all but I think I've lost that book somewhere.

 

The Pulsar were FF...it was made to the same spec as the CTR so that they can compete in the same class. But I think that the CTR wound up still being faster on the courses.

Sunny GT-R sounds as if was the AWD, but I can't imagine ever wanting one. The Skyline is about he only thing good that Nissan makes nowadays...and now it seems that they're going screw that up too

 

I thought the nissan silvia was still a pretty good car?

 

Its good after a good tuning, but out of the box, its not so great! It averages low 14's on the 1/4...now considering the huge turbo that its got, that's pretty diappointing....tuned up, the car is awesome...but potentially any car car be fast after a good tuning.

 

that car is called the Nissan VZR, pretty quick on the straights but still loses out to the CTR on a road course.

 

that's it...thanks for remind me....Nissan Pulsar VZ-R NA1.... POS in the looks department though! Nissan has really got to work on thei styling points! I always like rooting for the underdog but it seems that Nissan's not even trying nowaday. They keep putting out shittyness after shittyness. And now the new Skyline has to be the hangman's noose that's going to kill the company.